@article{ref1,
title="Occupational and non-occupational factors associated with work-related injuries among construction workers in the USA",
journal="International journal of occupational and environmental health",
year="2015",
author="Dong, Xiuwen Sue and Wang, Xuanwen and Largay, Julie A.",
volume="37",
number="1",
pages="142-150",
abstract="BACKGROUND: Many factors contribute to occupational injuries. However, these factors have been compartmentalized and isolated in most studies. <br><br>OBJECTIVE: To examine the relationship between work-related injuries and multiple occupational and non-occupational factors among construction workers in the USA. <br><br>METHODS: Data from the 1988-2000 National Longitudinal Survey of Youth, 1979 cohort (N = 12,686) were analyzed. Job exposures and health behaviors were examined and used as independent variables in four multivariate logistic regression models to identify associations with occupational injuries. <br><br>RESULTS: After controlling for demographic variables, occupational injuries were 18% (95% CI: 1.04-1.34) more likely in construction than in non-construction. Blue-collar occupations, job physical efforts, multiple jobs, and long working hours accounted for the escalated risk in construction. Smoking, obesity/overweight, and cocaine use significantly increased the risk of work-related injury when demographics and occupational factors were held constant. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: Workplace injuries are better explained by simultaneously examining occupational and non-occupational characteristics.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1077-3525",
doi="10.1179/2049396714Y.0000000107",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1179/2049396714Y.0000000107"
}